Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, November 10:
China finishes shipment of relief goods for Pakistani earthquake victims
Nov 10, 2005 ... China finishes shipment of relief goods for Pakistani earthquakevictimsBEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- China has shipped its 10th batch ofemergency disaster relief goods to Islamabad, capital of Pakistan,Wednesday night, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The ministry ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Nov. 9 (1)
Nov 10, 2005 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Nov. 9 (1)BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Wednesday: Market exchange rates -- Nov. 9 Six-party nuclear talks to start Wednesday morning US chief delegate: DPRK should ...
Malaysia to host regional conference on investment
Nov 10, 2005 ... Malaysia to host regional conference on investmentKUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia will be the host of aRegional Conference on Investment Climate and Competitiveness in EastAsia, to be held on Nov. 21-22 in Kuala Lumpur. The World Bank, the Economic Planing Unit of ...
US chief delegate hopes for progress in three-day talks
Nov 10, 2005 ... US chief delegate hopes for progress in three-day talksBEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- US chief negotiator Christopher Hillon Wednesday night said all concerned parties wanted to seek progressin the first phase of the ongoing fifth round of the six-party talkson the Korean nuclear ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Nov 10, 2005 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Wednesday:Seoul shares end up India to release 26 Pakistani prisoners Bomb explodes hours before ...
Full draft deal on world trade impossible this year: WTO officials
Nov 10, 2005 ... Full draft deal on world trade impossible this year: WTO officials GENEVA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- A full draft deal on global trade ishardly possible this year, ministers of key members of the WorldTrade Organization (WTO) announced Wednesday after three days ofmeeting without agreeing ...
Chinese president, British queen attend opening ceremony of Chineseexhibition
Nov 10, 2005 ... Chinese president, British queen attend opening ceremony ofChinese exhibitionLONDON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and BritishQueen Elizabeth II on Wednesday attended the opening ceremony of aspectacular Chinese exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts ...
Pakistan to help quake-hit orphans
Nov 10, 2005 ... Pakistan to help quake-hit orphansBALAKOT (Pakistan), Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan is launching anational project to help quake-hit orphans. "We will try to give orphans in quake-hit areas a better life inwelfare house in Islamabad," Narjis Zaidi, a senior official with ...
Opener, Advisory
Nov 10, 2005 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forWednesday, November 09, 2005, and begins ...
China's major SOEs reports double digit growth in profits
Nov 10, 2005 ... China's major SOEs reports double digit growth in profitsBEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's 169 major State-ownedenterprises (SOEs) reported a 22.4 percent growth in profits in thefirst three quarters of this year, officials said on Wednesday. According to statistics ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Nov. 9 (2)
Nov 10, 2005 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Nov. 9 (2)China, Thailand carry forward close ties: Chinese top advisor China's money supply projected to grow by about 17 percent:central bank Expectation for further revaluation of yuan ebbs Working group "appropriate ...
Traffic accident kills six, injures 22 in SW China
Nov 10, 2005 ... Traffic accident kills six, injures 22 in SW ChinaGUIYANG, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- A major traffic accident killed sixand injured 22 others in Guiding County of southwest China's GuizhouProvince on Wednesday, according to local police. Six of the injured are in serious ...
CIA report warned of interrogation techniques after Sept. 11: media
Nov 10, 2005 ... CIA report warned of interrogation techniques after Sept. 11:mediaWASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- A secret report prepared by CIAinspector general last year warned that interrogation proceduresapproved by the spy agency after the Sept. 11 attacks might violatethe international ...
Roundup: No more meddle in Zimbabwe's internal affairs: US ambassador warned
Nov 10, 2005 ... Roundup: No more meddle in Zimbabwe's internal affairs: USambassador warned By Gao ShixingHARARE, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government on Wednesdayissued a final warning to US ambassador to Zimbabwe, ChristopherDell, saying "stern" measures would be taken against the ...
Jordan's king condemns Amman blasts as criminal acts
Nov 10, 2005 ... Jordan's king condemns Amman blasts as criminal actsAMMAN, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Jordanian King Abdullah II condemned thebombing attacks that rocked three hotels in Amman Wednesday night ascriminal acts, the Jordanian TV reported. The attacks are criminal acts committed by a ...
Update: Weah closes in upon "Iron Lady" in Liberia presidential runoff
Nov 10, 2005 ... Update: Weah closes in upon "Iron Lady" in Liberia presidentialrunoffMONROVIA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Results from about 62 percent of thepolling stations in Liberia on Wednesday showed football great GeorgeWeah closed in upon Harvard-trained Iron Lady Ellen Johnson- ...
2nd lead: Death toll reaches 53 in Amman blasts: official
Nov 10, 2005 ... 2nd lead: Death toll reaches 53 in Amman blasts: official Eds:Updates with more details, reactions from king, PMAMMAN, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Death toll has climbed to at least 53 ina series of blasts that rocked three hotels in the Jordanian capitalAmman Wednesday night, Deputy ...
Annan calls for Saudi influence over Syrian cooperation in Hariricase probe
Nov 10, 2005 ... Annan calls for Saudi influence over Syrian cooperation in Hariricase probeRIYADH, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Visiting UN Secretary-General KofiAnnan Wednesday urged for Riyadh's continue efforts to influence Syria to cooperate with a UN probe into former Lebanese premier ...
Syria denounces hotel bombing attacks in Jordan
Nov 10, 2005 ... Syria denounces hotel bombing attacks in JordanDAMASCUS, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Syria on Wednesday strongly denouncedthe deadly bombings in the Jordanian capital of Amman, the officialSANA news agency reported. Syria received the news with "shock and sorrow" and denounced ...
Roundup: Iron Lady ahead but football star cries foul in Liberian presidential runoff
Nov 10, 2005 ... Roundup: Iron Lady ahead but football star cries foul in Liberianpresidential runoffMONROVIA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Harvard-trained Iron Lady EllenJohnson-Sirleaf took the lead in Liberia's presidential runoff withmore than 59 percent of the polling stations counted on Wednesday ...
Over 1 billion worldwide lack basic education: Commonwealth Education Fund
Nov 10, 2005 ... Over 1 billion worldwide lack basic education: CommonwealthEducation FundABUJA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Commonwealth Education Fund (CEF)said here Wednesday that over one billion people in the world, mostlywomen, lack basic education. At a stakeholders' roundtable on ...
Annan cancels visit to Jordan after bombings: report
Nov 10, 2005 ... Annan cancels visit to Jordan after bombings: reportRIYADH, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan lateWednesday night decided to cancel a planned visit to Jordan followingdeadly bombings at three hotels in the capital Amman, the Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV channel ...
Ecuador ready for final trade talks with US: minister
Nov 10, 2005 ... Ecuador ready for final trade talks with US: ministerQUITO, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador is ready for its final round oftalks with the United States on a free trade agreement though thereare different opinions about agriculture and intellectual property,Trade Minister Jorge ...
Roundup: Wang Mingjuan breaks world records at weightlifting worlds
Nov 10, 2005 ... Roundup: Wang Mingjuan breaks world records at weightliftingworldsDOHA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Wang Mingjuan of China broke four worldrecords of women's 48kg category as she swept the gold medals ofsnatch, jerk and the total on the opening day of the worldweightlifting ...
Results of men's 56kg category at weightlifting worlds
Nov 10, 2005 ... Results of men's 56kg category at weightlifting worldsDOHA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of men's 56kgcategory at the world weightlifting championships here on Wednesday: 1. Wang Shiyuan, Chinese Taipei, 281kg (125kg, snatch/156kg, jerk) 2. Lee ...
Van Bommel sees short-lived comeback to Dutch team
Nov 10, 2005 ... Van Bommel sees short-lived comeback to Dutch teamBRUSSELS, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona Dutch international Markvan Bommel saw a short-lived comeback to the Dutch national teamafter he was injured on Wednesday during the training. The midfielder clashed with George Boateng ...
Wang Mingjuan breaks world records at weightlifting worlds (updated)
Nov 10, 2005 ... Wang Mingjuan breaks world records at weightlifting worlds(updated)DOHA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Wang Mingjuan of China broke four worldrecords of women's 48kg category as she swept three gold medals ofsnatch, jerk and the total on the opening day of the worldweightlifting ...
Project unveiled to make Torino Winter Olympics greenest ever
Nov 10, 2005 ... Project unveiled to make Torino Winter Olympics greenest everNAIROBI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Torino Olympic OrganizingCommittee (TOROC) unveiled its new sustainability report aimed atmaking next year's Winter Olympics the greenest ever at aninternational sports conference opened ...
England confident about World Cup bid
Nov 10, 2005 ... England confident about World Cup bidLONDON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Football Association chairman GeoffThompson claimed on Wednesday that England is in a "strong position"to host the World Cup when it next returns to Europe. England 's bid for the 2006 finals failed but ...
Afghan provincial governor escapes Taliban's attack
Nov 10, 2005 ... Afghan provincial governor escapes Taliban's attackKABUL, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Taliban militants attacked the vehicleof the governor of Afghan southern Uruzgan province Wednesday noonbut left no casualty, a local official said. "This noon at about 12 o'clock in Shahwali Kot ...
Pakistan to launch medium term development plan for quake-hit areas
Nov 10, 2005 ... Pakistan to launch medium term development plan for quake-hitareasBALAKOT (Pakistan), Nov. 9 (Xinhua)-- Pakistan is to draw a mediumterm development plan for the earthquake-hit areas, following thefirst stage of emergency rescue work with the help of internationalcommunity ....
Wang Shiyuan wins men's 56kg gold by 1kg at weightlifting worlds
Nov 10, 2005 ... Wang Shiyuan wins men's 56kg gold by 1kg at weightlifting worldsDOHA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Veteran Wang Shiyuan of Chinese Taipeiwon the gold medal in the men's 56kg competition, beating Lee Jong-hoon by one kilogram at the world weightlifting championships here onWednesday ....
Wang Shiyuan wins men's 56kg gold by 1kg at weightlifting worlds (updated)
Nov 10, 2005 ... Wang Shiyuan wins men's 56kg gold by 1kg at weightlifting worlds(updated)DOHA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Veteran Wang Shiyuan of Chinese Taipeiwon the gold medal in the men's 56kg category competition, beatingLee Jong-hoon by one kilogram at the world weightliftingchampionships here ...
Friendly against Argentina will a perfect test, says Eriksson
Nov 10, 2005 ... Friendly against Argentina will a perfect test, says ErikssonLONDON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said onWednesday that Saturday's friendly with Argentina in Geneva could bethe perfect test of England's World Cup credentials. Eriksson hopes it will also send ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 10
Nov 10, 2005 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 10AMMAN -- The death toll has climbed to at least 53 in a series ofblasts that rocked three hotels in the Jordanian capital AmmanWednesday night, Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Moasher said. More than 120 others wounded in the ...
UN environment agency to help China prepare for 2008 Olympics
Nov 10, 2005 ... UN environment agency to help China prepare for 2008 OlympicsNAIROBI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Environment Program(UNEP) announced here Wednesday it was signing on November 18 anagreement with the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 OlympicGames (BOCOG) to ...
3nd lead: Death toll reaches 53 in Amman blasts: official
Nov 10, 2005 ... 3nd lead: Death toll reaches 53 in Amman blasts: official Eds:Updates with Chinese nationals among casualtiesAMMAN, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The death toll has climbed to at least53 in a series of blasts that rocked three hotels in the Jordaniancapital Amman Wednesday night, Deputy ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Nov 10, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Thursday.Asahi: -- A nation-wide liquor retailers' group donated 46 million yen(390,000 US dollars) in 2001 and 2002 to ...
Shanghai: bustling diamond trade center in China
Nov 10, 2005 ... Shanghai: bustling diamond trade center in ChinaSHANGHAI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai, China's industrial andcommercial hub, has grown into a center of the bustling diamond tradein China thanks to Shanghai Diamond Exchange launched five years ago. Local customs statistics ...
Shearer longs for swift recovery after hernia surgery
Nov 10, 2005 ... Shearer longs for swift recovery after hernia surgeryLONDON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Newcastle's Alan Shearer went back tothe training ground on Wednesday just 24 hours after the herniasurgery in hope of a swift recovery. The 35-year-old travelled to Germany for the operation ...
Wang Mingjuan wins first gold at Doha weightlifting worlds
Nov 10, 2005 ... Wang Mingjuan wins first gold at Doha weightlifting worldsDOHA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Wang Mingjuan of China won the first goldmedal on the opening day of the world weightlifting championships asshe broke the junior snatch world record of the women's 48kg categoryhere on Wednesday ....
Angolan boxing elites to China for World Cup
Nov 10, 2005 ... Angolan boxing elites to China for World CupLUANDA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Angolan boxing Team Elite has traveledto China to feature in the 13th edition of the World Boxing AmateurChampionship slated for November 11-21. According to local media on Tuesday, team manager Ricardo ...
No takeover threat, Newcastle claim
Nov 10, 2005 ... No takeover threat, Newcastle claimLONDON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) --Newcastle United have moved to clarify that the club has not beenthreatened by a takeover bid. Magpies supremo Sir John Hall revealed in July that he hadreceived an approach for the 28.5 percent shareholding he owns ...
Shares close higher in Mexico, lower in Argentina, Brazil
Nov 10, 2005 ... Shares close higher in Mexico, lower in Argentina, BrazilMEXICO CITY, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed mixed on Wednesday. Mexico City's stock market IPC index rose 0.32 percent and closedat 15,981.18 points. A total of 71.9 million shares ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Nov 10, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Thursday:The Australian: -- Close links have emerged between Australia's most radicalprayer halls and the alleged ...
Liverpool chief silent over possible investment from US
Nov 10, 2005 ... Liverpool chief silent over possible investment from USLONDON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry isremaining tight-lipped about potential investment in the club aftermeeting billionaire Robert Kraft in the United States. Parry spoke to the Kraft ...
Results of women's 48kg at weightlifting worlds
Nov 10, 2005 ... Results of women's 48kg at weightlifting worldsDOHA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the women's48kg category at the world weightlifting championships here onWednesday: 1. Wang Mingjuan, China, 213kg (95kg, snatch/118kg, jerk) 2. Pensiri Saelaw, ...
Market exchange rates -- Nov. 10
Nov 10, 2005 ... Market exchange rates -- Nov. 10BEIJING, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) --Market exchange rates of four major currencies against RMB yuanannounced Thursday by the People's Bank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100 808.57 ...
Key points of sustainability report for Torino Winter Olympics
Nov 10, 2005 ... Key points of sustainability report for Torino Winter OlympicsNAIROBI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Torino Olympic OrganizingCommittee (TOROC) unveiled its new sustainability report aimed atmaking next year's Winter Olympics the greenest ever at the SixthWorld Conference on Sport and ...
Wang Mingjuan breaks world records at weightlifting worlds
Nov 10, 2005 ... Wang Mingjuan breaks world records at weightlifting worldsDOHA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Wang Mingjuan of China broke four worldrecords of women's 48kg category as she swept three gold medals ofsnatch, jerk and the total on the opening day of the worldweightlifting championships here ...
Uruguay-Australia playoff will be "intense but clean", says coach
Nov 10, 2005 ... Uruguay-Australia playoff will be "intense but clean", says coach BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Saturday's Australia versusUruguay soccer match for a place at the 2006 German World Cup will be"intense but clean", Guus Hiddink, the manager of the Australian teamtold Argentina's ...
Nets' Frank fined for post-game tirade
Nov 10, 2005 ... Nets' Frank fined for post-game tiradeWASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- New Jersey Nets head coach LawrenceFrank has been fined 25,000 U.S. dollars for failing to leave thecourt in a timely manner and for verbal abuse of a referee, ...
S. Africa makes final endeavor to bid for 2011 Rugby World Cup
Nov 10, 2005 ... S. Africa makes final endeavor to bid for 2011 Rugby World CupJOHANNESBURG, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- South Africa will invite a stillundisclosed high-profile person to Dublin, Ireland, next week toboost its bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup (RWC), it wasannounced on Wednesday ....
URGENT: First EuroAsia Economic Forum opens in Xi'an
Nov 10, 2005 ... URGENT: First EuroAsia Economic Forum opens in Xi'anXI'AN, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The First Euro-Asia Economic Forumopened on Thursday morning in Xi'an, capital city of northwestChina's Shaanxi Province ....
Real Madrid manager assesses players' injuries, including Ronaldo
Nov 10, 2005 ... Real Madrid manager assesses players' injuries, including Ronaldo MADRID, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Vanderlei Luxemburgo, the Brazilianmanager of Spanish football league heavyweight Real Madrid, spentWednesday assessing his injured players including Brazilianinternational superstar ...
Argentine Juan Carlos Martinez named Mexico team PR head
Nov 10, 2005 ... Argentine Juan Carlos Martinez named Mexico team PR headMEXICO CITY, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican Football Federation(FMF) said on Wednesday it had appointed Argentine coach Juan CarlosMartinez as head of public relations for the country's nationalfootball team ....
No political reasons behind arrest of Umarov: Uzbek prosecutors
Nov 10, 2005 ... No political reasons behind arrest of Umarov: Uzbek prosecutorsALMA ATA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Uzbek prosecutors said on Wednesdaythat opposition leader Sanjar Umarov was not arrested for politicalreasons but for charges against him of corruption and othereconomical crimes ....
Summaries of international soccer friendly
Nov 10, 2005 ... Summaries of international soccer friendlyBEIJING, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theinternational soccer friendly matches on Wednesday: Costa Rica 2 Alvaro Saborio (14), Danny Fonseca (41) France 3 Nicolas Anelka (49), Djibril Cisse ...
Chinese President calls for closer ties with EU, Britain
Nov 10, 2005 ... Chinese President calls for closer ties with EU, BritainLONDON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- China always supports Europeanintegration and hopes to see an important role of the European Union(EU) in regional and international affairs, Chinese President HuJintao said here Wednesday ....
China adheres to road of peaceful development: President Hu
Nov 10, 2005 ... China adheres to road of peaceful development: President HuLONDON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The path China has chosen and adheredto is one of peaceful development and China's development ischaracterized by peace, openness and cooperation, Chinese PresidentHu Jintao said here on ...
Deep sea oil fields rise to 30 percent of world total: France's Total expert
Nov 10, 2005 ... Deep sea oil fields rise to 30 percent of world total: France'sTotal expertRIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Deep-sea oil fields rise to 30percent of global oil deposits discovered in the past decade, anddeep sea crude represents a growing proportion of world oilproduction, ...
4 civilians killed in Peruvian arms explosion
Nov 10, 2005 ... 4 civilians killed in Peruvian arms explosionLIMA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- A military device exploded on Wednesday,leaving four civilians killed, including two children, and oneinjured in the settlement of Marco Jara, a poor area in Peru'snortheastern department of Piura, the ...
First Vietnamese dies of bird flu virus H3N0
Nov 10, 2005 ... First Vietnamese dies of bird flu virus H3N0HANOI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- A 43-year-old man from Vietnam'snorthern Hai Phong city became the first in the country who died ofinfection of bird flu virus strain H3N0, local newspaper Pioneerreported Thursday. Tests by the ...
Xinhua International News Advisory -- Nov. 10
Nov 10, 2005 ... Xinhua International News Advisory -- Nov. 10BEIJING, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Thursday. -- Chinese President Hu Jintao ...
Baltic states set up joint early warning center
Nov 10, 2005 ... Baltic states set up joint early warning centerRIGA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Defense ministers of Lithuania, Estoniaand Latvia agreed on Wednesday to set up a joint early warning centeraimed at better protecting the Baltic states' airspace, according toreports reaching here from the ...